An International Driving License (IDL) is implemented to show that you hold a valid driver's license in your own country of origin. It provides a translation into eight languages, designed so that police and other authorities in other countries can read your license in their own language. Traveling with an IDL therefore has many advantages. The IDL is purposed to overcome the difficulties drivers might encounter while traveling in other countries that have different requirements. The IDL is a special license for tourists authorized by United Nations conventions on road safety in 1923, 1943, 1949, and 1968. Nearly 180 countries are members of this agreement. The IDL is printed in several languages - five official UN languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Chinese, and also German, Arabic and Korean. It is valid in all the countries that signed the agreement. Many other countries that did not sign the treaty also recognize the IDL and accept it on their territory. An IDL is an official translation of your domestic driver's license and is easy to obtain because it does not require a driving test, and is available for a small fee.